Deyanira Del Río,
NEDAP's associate director, has worked to promote financial justice in
low income and immigrant communities since 1997. She frequently trains
community groups and financial institutions on fair lending and economic
justice issues, and leads campaigns to eliminate discriminatory barriers
that immigrants face in the banking and credit systems. Dey co-authored
NEDAP's know-your-rights financial education and homeownership courses,
and has written about and testified at public hearings on prepaid cards,
tax refund loans and foreclosures. She serves as board chair of the
Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union; vice-chair of the
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions; and board
member of New Immigrant Community Empowerment. She was selected for the
2005-2006 Charles H. Revson Fellowship on the Future of the City of New
York and the 2007 Coro Immigrant Civic Leadership Program. In 2009, Dey
received the Mujeres Destacadas (Outstanding Women) award from El Diario/La
Prensa.